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The Republican National Committee adopted a resolution*on Friday*denouncing white supremacists amid discomfort among many party members about President Trump’s equivocating response to the violence in Charlottesville, Va., this month.
The resolution was adopted unanimously at the RNC’s summer gathering in Nashville, Tenn.*
It states that “the racist beliefs of Nazis, the KKK, white supremacists and other like-minded groups are completely inconsistent with the Republican Party’s platform” and “have no fruitful place in the United States.”
The measure also invokes the GOP’s history as the party of President Abraham Lincoln, noting that “we recall that the Republican Party was founded in the struggle against slavery and a rejection of the racial beliefs underlying the institution of slavery.”
Bill Palatucci, an RNC committeeman from New Jersey who sponsored the resolution, said it was imperative for the organization to take a formal position making clear it condemns white supremacists.
“It's always important to quickly and clearly denounce racism and bigotry whenever we see it. As a member of the RNC I wanted no ambiguity that the organization condemned these white supremacists,” Palatucci wrote in an email to The Hill.
Heather Heyer, 32, died when a car allegedly driven by a white supremacist*rammed into a crowd of counterprotesters in Charlottesville. Two Virginia state police officers also died in a helicopter crash while monitoring the clashes.
In the days after the Charlottesville march, RNC Chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel condemned white supremacists and squarely placed blame on the hate groups who initiated the events in Charlottesville.
"We don't want your vote, we don't support you, we'll speak out against you," McDaniel said on ABC's "Good Morning America" last week.
http://thehill.com/homenews/news/347982-rnc-adopts-resolution-condemning-white-supremacists
The resolution was adopted unanimously at the RNC’s summer gathering in Nashville, Tenn.*
It states that “the racist beliefs of Nazis, the KKK, white supremacists and other like-minded groups are completely inconsistent with the Republican Party’s platform” and “have no fruitful place in the United States.”
The measure also invokes the GOP’s history as the party of President Abraham Lincoln, noting that “we recall that the Republican Party was founded in the struggle against slavery and a rejection of the racial beliefs underlying the institution of slavery.”
Bill Palatucci, an RNC committeeman from New Jersey who sponsored the resolution, said it was imperative for the organization to take a formal position making clear it condemns white supremacists.
“It's always important to quickly and clearly denounce racism and bigotry whenever we see it. As a member of the RNC I wanted no ambiguity that the organization condemned these white supremacists,” Palatucci wrote in an email to The Hill.
Heather Heyer, 32, died when a car allegedly driven by a white supremacist*rammed into a crowd of counterprotesters in Charlottesville. Two Virginia state police officers also died in a helicopter crash while monitoring the clashes.
In the days after the Charlottesville march, RNC Chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel condemned white supremacists and squarely placed blame on the hate groups who initiated the events in Charlottesville.
"We don't want your vote, we don't support you, we'll speak out against you," McDaniel said on ABC's "Good Morning America" last week.
http://thehill.com/homenews/news/347982-rnc-adopts-resolution-condemning-white-supremacists
